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Board Member Rick Griffin
In August, Prevent Child Abuse Arizona welcomed a new board member, Rick Griffin. Rick is the Director of Training and Curriculum Development with Community Resilience Initiative (CRI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a citizenry conversant in trauma and resilience. In just a couple of short months, Rick has already enriched our organization's work in several ways.
Executive Director Claire Louge describes Rick's unique leadership: "Rick puts relationships first in everything he does. He builds a relationship before he seeks to influence or share. He looks at life and all people within it with fascination.” Rick will speak about the power of relationships in resilience in his closing keynote presentation at the Child Abuse Prevention Conference and ACEs Summit, taking place December 15-17, 2020.
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4th Annual Home Visitor's Supervisors Institute
The Home Visiting Supervisors Institute (HVSI) is an opportunity for supervisors of evidence-based and evidence-informed early childhood home visiting programs to learn, network, and strengthen their supervisory skills. This year's institute was held virtually on Zoom over two days in August.
Made possible by Strong Families AZ in partnership with the Department of Child Safety, First Things First, the Arizona Department of Health Services, and Prevent Child Abuse Arizona, the event inspired and energized more than 100 home visiting leaders as they support families in these challenging times.
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First-of-its-Kind National Partnership Aims to Redesign Child Welfare Into Child and Family Well-Being Systems
The U.S. Children’s Bureau, Casey Family Programs, the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Prevent Child Abuse America are partnering to launch a national effort to prove it is possible to fundamentally rethink child welfare by creating the conditions for strong, thriving families in which children are free from harm. This first-of-its-kind effort—Thriving Families, Safer Children: A National Commitment to Well-Being—will work across the public, private and philanthropic sectors to assist jurisdictions in developing more equitable systems that benefit all children and families and break harmful intergenerational cycles of trauma and poverty.
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Tell Everyone you Know about the Birth-to-Five Helpline
The Birth to Five Helpline is a free service available to all Arizona families with young children, as well as parents-to-be, with questions or concerns about their infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Early childhood specialists are available by phone Mondays through Fridays from 8 am to 8 pm. You can also leave a voicemail or submit your question online anytime.
Do you work in early care or education? You may also take advantage of this free service!
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Family Stories of Resilience
Covid-19 has challenged all of us, but every day, we see families adapting and continuing to thrive. When we focus on family strengths, we acknowledge, affirm, and cultivate the resilience that exists.
The Maricopa Family Support Alliance has created a webpage, Family Stories of Resilience, to consolidate inspiration in one place. If you have a family story of resilience that you would like to add, please contact Kristin Borns at kdborns@gmail.com.
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Chick-fil-A Cookies for a Cause
Without strong families, our community would crumble! That’s why the Chick-Fil-A in Prescott Valley wants to support families through their Cookies for a Cause Campaign! October 12 – 17, Chick-Fil-A will donate 100% of proceeds from all cookie sales to Prevent Child Abuse Arizona. Now that’s a chunk of dough!
5773 E State Route 69, Prescott Valley, AZ 86314
Open 7:00 AM -10:00 PM
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Starting with What We Have
By Claire Louge
When we have a problem, it’s normal to look for something new, a solution outside of what we have, rather than looking around to see what exists. This isn’t wrong, but if we don’t look at what we have, we may be missing that we already have the solution to our problem.
A couple weeks ago, I had a conversation with the people who run the Birth to Five Helpline at Southwest Human Development. As you may know, the Birth to Five Helpline is a free service for any caregiver of a young child (including professionals), in which they can call with any question about parenting or child development. The non-judgmental, compassionate early childhood specialists who answer the phone will refer you to other resources you may need and will spend as much time as you want talking about your question/concern. That’s amazing.
With everything going on in the world, you know the struggle is real for families right now. But you don’t need to do something drastic, or create a big new thing, to help. Look first at what you already have – what already exists- and go from there. Maybe the best solution is already in front of us, like the Birth to Five Helpline.
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As a 501(c)3 organization, Prevent Child Abuse Arizona is eligible to receive bequests. Please contact Rebekah Prieto at rebekah@pcaaz.org if you would like to discuss including
Prevent Child Abuse Arizona in your legacy.
Tax ID #86-0832901
Prevent Child Abuse Arizona can only accept donations from individuals, businesses, and foundations located in the State of Arizona.
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Prevent Child Abuse Arizona is shifting the public conversation about child maltreatment so that prevention is the priority. The organization provides research-based prevention services, education and training to help promote strong families and safe, healthy children. For more information, visit pcaaz.org.
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